Linchi Shea : Local memory accesshttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/linchi_shea/archive/tags/Local+memory+access/default.aspxTags: Local memory accessenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.1)Performance impact: the cost of NUMA remote memory accesshttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/linchi_shea/archive/2012/01/30/performance-impact-the-cost-of-numa-remote-memory-access.aspxMon, 30 Jan 2012 23:17:20 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:41450Linchi Shea11http://sqlblog.com/blogs/linchi_shea/comments/41450.aspxhttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/linchi_shea/commentrss.aspx?PostID=41450These days if you get a new server-class machine to run SQL Server, you can almost be 100% sure that it’ll be running on NUMA hardware. The recent AMD Opteron and Intel Nehalem-based processors are all built on some form of NUMA architecture. The current...(<a href="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/linchi_shea/archive/2012/01/30/performance-impact-the-cost-of-numa-remote-memory-access.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://sqlblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=41450" width="1" height="1">BenchmarkLocal memory accessMemory speedNUMANUMA affinityPerformanceRemote memory access